Copenhagen vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Copenhagen	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2656	$732
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6116	$1764
🏠 One person rent	$1515	$357
🏘️ Family rent	$2679	$621
🍽️ Food expenses	$728	$253
🚐 Transport expenses	$209	$48.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5006	$690
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	94	45
😀 Quality of life	97	68
🏙️ Population	667K	1.08M

The cost of living in Copenhagen is 263% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 650th and 7085th ($2656 vs $732) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 7th in Denmark and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Denmark vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Copenhagen compared to 0.9 months in Nur-Sultan. Copenhagen ranked 1st best city to live in Denmark vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 4th and 4594th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Copenhagen vs Nur-Sultan

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	Copenhagen	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21.8	$8.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$111	$28.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$15.1	$6.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.35	$1.38
☕ Cappuccino	$7.24	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$5.03	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1782	$412
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1244	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3169	$736
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2270	$511
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$33.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$52.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.1	$13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.76%	16.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10228	$1200
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6872	$876
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.85	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$114	$15.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.9	$7.35
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.25	$0.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.33	$1.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.83	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$1.21
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.76	$1.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.4	$9.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$4.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.3	$7.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$2.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$1.99
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.89	$1.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.1	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$7.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.82	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.5	$1.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$3.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.07	$1.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.57	$1.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.67	$1.13
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.6	$49.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$20.6	$4.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$71.4	$11.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$38.4	$4.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$122	$60
👟 Brand Sneakers	$137	$85
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$707	$263
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14799	$6043

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Cities near Copenhagen

Distance	City	Cost of living
2 km or 1.3 mi	Frederiksberg	$2698
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Gentofte	$2429
23 km or 14 mi	Horsholm	$2273
28 km or 17 mi	Landskrona	$1412
30 km or 19 mi	Malmo	$1907
31 km or 19 mi	Roskilde	$2192
33 km or 21 mi	Hillerod	$2364
40 km or 25 mi	Lund	$1701
40 km or 25 mi	Staffanstorp	$1695
40 km or 25 mi	Helsingor	$2042
42 km or 26 mi	Helsingborg	$1590
51 km or 32 mi	Trelleborg	$1688
66 km or 41 mi	Angelholm	$1562
71 km or 44 mi	Naestved	$2113
92 km or 57 mi	Hassleholm	$1550
104 km or 65 mi	Kristianstad	$1475
111 km or 69 mi	Halmstad	$1412
141 km or 88 mi	Odense	$1784
141 km or 88 mi	Svendborg	$1825
154 km or 96 mi	Ljungby	$1549
156 km or 97 mi	Aarhus	$2158
156 km or 97 mi	Stralsund	$1627
159 km or 99 mi	Varberg	$1491
171 km or 106 mi	Horsens	$1781
177 km or 110 mi	Fredericia	$1702
179 km or 111 mi	Rostock	$1508
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1691
185 km or 115 mi	Greifswald	$1619
190 km or 118 mi	Varnamo	$1633
190 km or 118 mi	Vejle	$1891
193 km or 120 mi	Vaxjo	$1516
196 km or 122 mi	Sonderborg	$1619
196 km or 122 mi	Kolding	$1689
196 km or 122 mi	Silkeborg	$1888
199 km or 124 mi	Karlskrona	$1466
199 km or 124 mi	Haderslev	$1681
211 km or 131 mi	Wismar	$1443
211 km or 131 mi	Gustrow	$1509
215 km or 133 mi	Viborg	$1667
216 km or 134 mi	Kiel	$1588

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$530
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$550
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$747
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$570
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$571
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$576
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$564
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$834
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$530
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$517
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$661
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$690
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$553
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$701
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$969
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$595
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$867
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$484
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$738
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$891
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$892
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$760
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$505
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$828
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$697
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$884
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$589
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$729
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$521
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$842
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$477
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$757
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$1053
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$503
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$808
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$533
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$866
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$616
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$974
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$537